Note-book holder.



W. H. FREUNDT.

NOTE BOOK HOLDER. I APPLICATION FILED Nov.21. I914. REHEWED SEPT. 1.'1917.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.,

UNITED stra ns PATENT orrion.

WILLIAM H. FREUNDT, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 'IO BENJAMIN H. VOSS,0

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NOTE-BOOK HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FREUNDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Note-Book Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to book supports and more particularly to aholder for supporting stenographers note books and the like, and theprimary object of my invention is to provide a note book support of theabove character which will be simple'in construction, cheap tomanufacture, and is collapsible and easily capable of packing in a smallspace. 7

Another object of my invention is to provide means for retaining thenote book in position on the support, and also to provide means foradjusting the support at a desired angle.

With the above and other objects in view my invention resides preferablyin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafterset forth in the specification and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved booksupport;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same showing the manner of supportinga note book, the note book being illustrated in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental detail in plan showing the formation of theoffset portions in the divergent arm.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout thevarious views of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawing in which the preferredembodiment of my invention is illustrated, I provide a frame preferablyformed of a single strand of wire 1 into substantially rectangularconfiguration to provide the side portions 2 and 3. The free ends of thesingle strand of wire 1 are twisted together as shown at 1 and bent intoparallelism with the frame 1 to afford a book holder.

The side portions 2 and 3 are provided with eyes 7 said eyes beingformed at the upper corners of the frame 1. Side portions 2 and 3 arealso provided at a point substantially intermediate the ends with. eyes8, said Specification of Letters Patent.

eyes 8 being formed by loopingthe strands of wire.

In order to maintain the frame in an incline'd position to support anote book, I provide a supporting leg formed of a single strand of wire9, the said strand of wire 9 being bent upon itself intermediate theends as shown at 10, to provide parallel portions twisted as shown at 11and slightly offset at 12 to provide a loop, the said offset portionbeing bent inwardly at 18. The strand of wire 9 is formed to providedivergent arms 14', the outer end of the said divergent arms 14 beingprovided with eyes 15 for engagement with the eyes 7, so as to hingedlymount the said supporting legon the frame. The strand9 is provided witha loop 16 to afford a foot.

In order to retain the supporting leg at a desired angle to the frame Iprovide a brace member formed of a single strand of wire and bent uponitself to provide divergent arms 17 the said divergent arms having theirouter ends provided with eyes 18 for engagement with the eyes 8 of theframe. The strand of wire forming the arms 17 is sinuated to provideoffset portions of varying sizes, designated 19 and 20, which areadapted to embrace the arms 14, as shown to advantage in Fig. 1. Theconstricted por tions 21 formed by the sinuation of the strand of wireaffords a throat through which the inwardly bent portions 13 of the arms14 may pass to adjust the latter. This arrangement permits thedisengagement of the arms 14 and the brace by moving said arms throughthe throat. This will allow the frame and the supporting leg to bebrought together, and the brace member will at this time be swungupwardly into parallel relation with the frame and the supporting leg sothat a minimum space is taken by the de vice when folded.

In order to adjust the frame to different angles the divergent arms maybe inserted between the offset portions 20, these portions beingslightly shorter than the portions 19 and of course are nearer the pointat which said brace member is hinged, thereby changing the inclinationof said frame.

The manner in which a book is supported on my improved device will bereadily appreciated by those skilled in the art, a note book indicatedby the numeral 23 being Patented Dec. 25, 1917. Application filedNovember 21, 1914, Serial No. 873,383. Renewed September 7, 1917. SerialNo. 190,273.

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, one portion struction of the device.There are no plates of sheet metal or the like secured to the device,there is no soldering, and the device is readily collapsible for packageinto a small space;

WVhile I have shown and described my invention as possessing a peculiarform and construction, it is desired that it be understood that I maymake such changes in the details thereof as do not depart from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire-to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A book support, including airectangucome: of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents,

"lar' frame, a supporting leg pivoted at the arms pivoted tosaid'fra'me, a'brace member formed of a single strand of wire sinuatedto provide offset portions of varying sizes to embrace said'divergentarms, said brace being pivoted to said frame, whereby tomaintain the latter at a desired angle of inclination. V c

In testimony whereof I aflix m y signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM Fn UN-DT. WVitnes'ses:

BEN J. Voss, H. A. KLICH.

Washington, 1L0.

